Rory McIlroy tells Jordan Spieth ‘Don’t ask for any drops’ in match with Patrick Reed

Rory McIlroy may have been in the midst of winning his first PGA Tour contest since 2016 on Sunday, but that doesn’t mean he missed Patrick Reed’s controversial run-in with a rules official during the Arnold Palmer Invitational finale in which the frustrated “Captain America� took Jordan Spieth’s name in vain. As Brendan Porath described it, Reed complained to a rules official that, after his approach to the par-4 11th hole went horribly awry and landed under some TV cables, he should receive relief from the potential obstruction. When the official disagreed, Reed suggested that if his name were Jordan Spieth the ruling might have gone in his favor. In any case, Reed will have a chance to make amends — or not — when the two, thanks to a bit of hanky-panky from the golf gods, meet in match play Friday.